The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-12-09
south jersey Nores.

Thirty five hogs were killed at the Cumber-
land county Almshouse on Wednesday.
1t is rumored that the Paul Hotel property,
at Woodbury., is likely to be sold for $4,000.
Thomas Hunt, of Greenwich, has been
chosen President of the Cumberland County
Board of Agriculture.
Half a million feet of lumber have been
bought at Willamsport, Pa, for the Cape May
Driving Park buildings.
\ brother of eX-Sheriff Hustled. of Cumber-
land, dropped dead at Newport on Monday
morning of heart disease.
The Court OF Pardons has reduced the fine
of Thomas Howard, the proprietor of sea
Breeze" from slO0G TO $500.
John Foster, of Mays Landing, who had
hand cut off in Abbott's saw-mill recently.
died from the result of his injuries.
1t is proposed to start IA factory at Dennis
Vile, Cape May county, for working up the
lumber in the buried juniper forest into tanks,
tubs and buckets.
statistics show that from May, 1856, 10 Oeto-
Der, ISL, 65S7 marriages were ''solemnized" in
Camden and more than 1000 have been mar
ried since that date.
The Sea Isle City Lot Association has just
declared and paid dividend of % per cent.
for the past year, after leaving handsome
| surplus in the treasury.
Turing the StttSoh just tiNSS0 teh wv -'"
been shot by Mnlville hunters. One lucky
sportsman made double shot, killing deer
with each barrel of his gun.
The West Jersey Railroad authorities are
seriously contemplating, it is said, the build
ing of railroad from Bridgeton to Port Nor
ris to compete with the Central Road
The difficult feat of moving the West Jersey
freight station, the largest brick building in
Millville, was completed on saturday, under
the direction of Ira G. Carter OF Giassboro.
John and Albert Taylor, of Mays Landing,
on Monday caught 5000 pounds of perch in two
hours in the Egg Harbor River, being the
largest catch in that time ever made from that
stream.
Postmaster Lanning, of Bridgeton, was .on
Tuesday informed that free mail delivery had
been granted TO Bridgeton, commencing Jan
nary LIST, lsss Four regular carriers Will be
appointed.
owing to the failure OF the Common Pleas
Judges of Cape May county TO sit ON Monday
to swear in Surrogate Hfldreth, whose old term
expired on sunday at noon, the county was
without Surrogate for two days.
Typhoid fever is prevalent in Bridgeton
Last week Irving Young. aged 81 years, died
| after one weeks sickness. On Monday W IL
liam CARL died of the same disease after an i'll
| ness of four days.
| The l2-year-old daughter of Edward shuster
| of Woodbury, died on saturday of diphtheria
| making his fourth child to die of that maiady
| within two weeks. His remaining child, 4
babe, is also i'll with il.
David Jones, coiored, of sprihgtown, Cum
| berland county, was lodged in jail on Monday
charged with shooting Ananias Dilks, o.
| Greenwich, on saturday night last. Jones de
MES the shooting. The ball entered DiikS
right side above the hip and struck one of his
ribs. The wound is not serious.
The West Jersey Railroad Company Il
| spending many thousand dollars in improve
ments ut Milville. The depot has been low
cred and extensive repairs have been made
to 1t. The freight business has increased Sc
rapidly at this station that there is a pressing
need for more freight tracks, and two add
tional ones will be laid from Green street u
| broad